Tag: taxes

“The current tax code has become an echo chamber for the economic forces driving the increase in income and wealth inequality, the blurring of economic and political influence, and the degradation of paid work.”

This is not some quirk. This is the latest example of progressive taxation outperforming conservative taxation.

Society's takers, hoarders, and cheaters just ignore the injustice, and go on avoiding taxes while they blame the less fortunate for their own misfortunes.

A tale of disappearing money and opportunistic candidates.

“ We live in a country that has been hijacked by super rich greedy fiends that have profited from what can be called the Big Con.”

When a high-rolling trader buys millions of dollars’ worth of stocks or derivatives, there’s no levy at all.

It's a devious double whammy: Taxpayers are giving money to the corporations and then paying a second time to meet the needs of the underfunded public schools.

“The overall composition of Congress is not going to change much at all after the election. So, really, the only way to reboot America is to have a smart, benevolent dictator.”

Republican presidential candidates all claimed they would not raise taxes on millionaires if elected.

Corporate honchos say taxes are “forcing” them to relocate their businesses to offshore tax havens.